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Battle of the Bismarck Sea. 3 March 1943

Submitted by Alexander Fax on Wed, 02/15/2017 - 11:40

Battle of the Bismarck Sea. 3 March 1943

Author: McAulay, Lex

This is a REVISED EDITION of the book first published in 1991 by St Martins Press, USA. Account of the destruction of the crucial Japanese reinforcement convoy to Lae on 2-4 March 1943: A joint Royal Australian Air Force and the US 5th Air Force battle against the Japanese. Told with official records, captured documents, interrogation reports, and the recollections and memoirs of the participants. Wartime propaganda and mythology are swept aside and for the first time the facts are presented, with detail including the identities of the ships involved, their cargoes, and the fate of those aboard. Appendices include lists of the ships and cargoes; air crew lists; bombing analysis and the air units involved.

Book details

Banner Books QLD 2008. Card covers 262pp b&w photos. New Book.

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